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  1. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    I popped out for my regular Sunday pre-breakfast walk at the Salobrar – I am beginning to think I could write my check list of species before I go out, it would save time! Although there were no great surprises, I was treated among other things to a spectacular flight of flamingos, common and...
  2. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    Lesser Kestrel yes, but only one definite, no red footed falcons that I could see. But who knows what tomorrow will bring? ;):)
  3. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    When my wife said yesterday morning, "How about a trip to the plains near Maria? You could do some birding and I could paint...", it would have been rude to say no. And I am very glad I didn't. As soon as we got out of the car, I saw a distant bird on the power lines. My scope revealed it was a...
  4. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    Sorry to hear that honeym. Get well soon! And thanks for the info of course!
  5. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    Hi Mike, yes I do photograph in RAW but I convert to JPEG when I post as well as shrinking the size of the files. Some pictures loaded easily - my birds from yesterday - but I couldn't upload images of the moth. Very puzzling. And thanks for the ID!
  6. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    Thank you Stew, especially for your confidence in my Catalan skills!:)
  7. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    Try again with the insects. Here is the original text: By the way and changing the subject, can someone please give me an ID for this moth I saw in my garden yesterday? Many thanks in advance; tips on literature re moths/butterflies/dragonflies will also be very welcome. I already have StewB's...
  8. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    Many thanks Many thanks Mike for the Son Real recommendation – I made the trek up north this morning after some uneventful birding in the south since I got back to the island last week and I was not disappointed. At the hide, there was a constant stream of birds, mostly common (goldfinch...
  9. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    Just a quick post before family commitments mean we have to leave for a while again – I had a quick trip to the Salobrar before breakfast again, all very pleasant but very quiet. The only bird of any interest to me was the wood sandpiper, a year tick for me to nicely round off this visit. And I...
  10. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    Lovely photos, thanks Phil, best wishes to you with your move and good birding in the UK!
  11. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    Here are the stone curlew that went missing from my post yesterday...
  12. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    I made it to S'Albufera today after a quick stop at the Depuradora and, in a word, had a lovely day out. It started out with three hoopoes flying up in front of the car on the way to the Dep, a nightingale singing as we strolled down to the platform, followed by plenty of decent birds to watch...
  13. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    Thank you Kevin and Mike – I was hoping someone would say pratincole. The more I looked the more sure I became. It is really good to have confirmation from two others. Thanks again – I just wish I had seen it from the front!!!
  14. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    I went for a quick walk at shortly after sunrise at the Salobrar yesterday and while I didn't recognise anything out of the ordinary there, I did spot two birds disappearing into the distance and was too slow to get a decent photo. However, this photo is all I have, clearly not a small bird and...
  15. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    This morning at the Cape: I arrived very early hoping to photograph a stunning sunrise, or at least a sunrise, but the golden orb didn't put in an appearance till about 9.30 as a white blob to be seen through the mist. And it was in the wrong place. Not where I expected at all. (I know, there's...
  16. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    Cheers Mike, that‘s really helpful!
  17. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    I have just spent a pleasurable few hours photographing flying creatures in our garden, then trying to identify them. My knowledge of butterflies was in a state of perfect and comprehensive ignorance but now thanks to Mike Swiss's links to info material I have been able to recognise the ones I...
  18. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    Back again after two months away and where was I this morning? Salobrar de Campos of course, just after sunrise, the expected warming sunshine not really materialising at about 8 or 9°C. But there was life there – the piping of the waders and chatter of flamingos and shelduck, lower water levels...
  19. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    Glad to see you're out and about again – see you soon, packed up and ready to go this afternoon!:):):)
  20. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    I love seeing the swifts come whizzing in over the Salobrar but I won't be there on the island until early April. So good luck down there in your wellies, but be careful, it gets slippery!:ROFLMAO:
  21. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    Thank you Ian – I kind of wanted it to be a scaup as well, but I am reliably informed by Mike that both are quite rare here, and either one is a year tick for me anyway, so I guess I can't lose. Comforting for me to know that there was a certain amount of doubt among experts though! :-)
  22. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    Thank you Maties – best wishes to you too!
  23. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    Just wondering a bit about our mystery duck from yesterday: I have just pinched these photos from Merlin for comparison. That’s tufted duck, scaup and “our” duck in that order. Ours doesn’t have any sign of a tuft and the headshape resembles the scaup more for me. I would welcome any comments...
  24. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    Yep😊
  25. derban

    Mallorca 2024

    Today MikeM and I ventured north to S'Albufera to see if I could find some birds absent in my neck of the woods. Long story short and despite the almost complete absence of waders it was a terrific day out. My year ticks kept on clicking up (easy when you start from a low base), and we were...
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